These are the things that I miss

I've been away from Canada almost three months now. They say this is about the time that you really begin to miss the comforts of home. I think they're right. Make no mistake, I'm having the time of my life in Australia. The weather in Brisbane has been astonishingly good since I arrived, reaching on average 26 0r 27 above each day. You can't help but go lay by the pool in this kind of weather. Brisbane's deep blue sky beckons you as soon as you lay eyes on it in the morning, and I'm developing a tan that shows just how weak I am against the sky's calls.

Still, these are some of the things that I miss from home, in no particular order:

- Barbecues with family and friends on May long weekend.
- big trays of veggies with homemade dip at said barbecues
- nachos from 7-11. They don't have them here. I've checked. Numerous times.
- good Ukrainian/Polish sausage. Australian sausage is crap. It's like giant, greasy, breakfast sausage, even at dinnertime. Ick.
- Going to Mosaic (Regina's big, three-day multicultural festival in June, which I've missed for years in a row now but anyway).
- POUTINE. Oh my God, I seriously don't know if I can go without poutine for nine more months. Please bring me a giant plate to the airport when I get back home!

There is a lot of food on that list, isn't there? Well, they say the way to a man's heart. . . .